The Bread, My Sweet

2001 "In Italian a good man is a piece of bread."
6.5| 1h45m| PG-13| en
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Dominic works round the clock: nights making biscotti for his family's bakery in a working-class Italian neighborhood in Pittsburgh, then days downtown where he's a specialist in firing people at a company that negotiates mergers. He's thrown for a loop with he learns that Bella, an elderly neighbor who's his family's closest friend, has but a few months to live. All her life, she's saved money in coffee cans for her daughter, Lucca's, wedding, but Lucca is off in foreign lands, initially as a Peace Corps volunteer, and doesn't need a man. Dominic vows to bring Lucca home and convince her to marry him to fulfill Bella's most fervent wish. What will Lucca say?

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Also starring Rosemary Prinz

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Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
rushfanjenn26 I first saw The Bread, My Sweet (renamed A Wedding for Bella) when it hit theaters. I wished for a box of tissues as I sat there. This movie touched me very deeply. Rosemary Prinz as Bella was the perfect first-generation Italian woman. While the accent may have been a little hit and miss, the attitude, the facial expressions and the gestures were perfect. I first saw this movie in the year after I lost my grandmother and the similarities between Bella and my Gram are too numerous to be listed.I suppose that my connection to this movie is that it is HOME for me. I feel welcome in Bella and Mossimo's kitchen, I know this family, I have celebrated with them on Christmas Eve. (Not literally of course, but there are many similarities to my large Italian family.)Also, as a displaced Pittsburgher, I do feel a strong connection to this movie that I suppose many other people don't have.I was very surprised by Scott Baio in this movie, I thought he was excellent. Rosemary Prinz was also totally convincing in her role, and Shuler Hemsley as Pino, oh, what can I say, my heart just breaks for him. Kristin Minter is really the only drawback in the cast, coming off as wooden and somewhat unfeeling.All in all, a fantastic movie, but be armed with tissues.
Mikko_Elo_ i was willing to bet money scott baio would've directed this himself, so much it seemed like an actor's 'personal project'. it's written so lousy it's unbelievable, the acting is poor, the characters even more stupendous. kristin minter, john seitz and shuler hensley all fail badly and scott baio is so self-involved it's sickening. rosemary prinz is pretty good, and about the only good thing in this pic. the aim of the movie is to shamelessly milk tears from the gullible audience. thankfully people are not as stupid as the creators of this film obviously thought...not everyone falls for it, and they shouldn't either, it's so obvious. movie making like this is just despicable. me no like.
JCBar Although I should have known better, the comments on the outside of the DVD container mentioned that the film was better than some other films I had enjoyed - not the case unfortunately. In all aspects the film was simply terrible. The two older parents overacted, the brothers had no chemistry, the daughter was lifeless, and the plot was unbelievable. The main character's situation was unbelievable as well - he is a senior vice president who loves 'baking bread'? And spends 20 hrs of his day working two jobs because he feels an obligation or affinity with the above group? The music was horrible as well. It might have been someone's labor of love to make this film, but the money could have been spent on the poor...
dah-9 I had hoped this would be a light romantic film and the critic's reviews were certainly encouraging. Still it seemed like it might be a made for television movie, simple and sweet but nothing extraordinary. It was wonderfully surprising though. I thought the scheme to marry to make the mother happy would be unbelievable but they pulled it off. It actually had a very realistic touch to the writing. And the direction was superb, very subtle, again keeping the character's realistic. All of the cast were terrific but Scott Baio, Kristen Minter and Rosemary Prinz were incredible. Definitely a sleeper, very heartwarming and incredibly well done! One of the greatest unknown romantic gem's you'll ever find.